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Something I Can’t Give Up

My New Years resolution last year was to become 70% “green.” There were some things I knew I couldn’t give up and wanted to make it a realistic goal. Now, this resolution didn’t mean throwing out everything and starting all over. That is not Eco-friendly and wasteful. But when I purchased new items, my goal was for 70% of them to be Eco-friendly or organic.

Yankee Candle is part of the 30% of things I couldn’t give up. Majority of candles give me headaches, and theirs don’t. Well, I just found out why and had to share. I read on Organic.com that “paraffin candles can release carcinogens into the air, and are said to be as bad for you as emissions from burning diesel fuel.” So I had to look up what kind of wax Yankee Candle uses. I found out they use highly-refined paraffin wax, which Wikipedia says “can burn as or more cleanly (with regards to particulates created during combustion) than natural waxes.”

This made me very happy! I feel a little bit better knowing I’m not basically burning diesel fuel in my living room. I also learned they use fragrance extracts and real essential oils for their scents. So hopefully this weekend I can do some guilt free Halloween shopping at Yankee Candle since they are debuting their new line.If you have decided to go “green” what products can you not give up?